47th MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL 1st- 6th December 2019 Hosted by Notre Dame College, Shepparton TABLE OF CONTENTS • Message from the Principals • History of Marist Cricket Carnival • Program of Events • Carnival Draw & Grounds • Participating Schools Information • Awards and previous winners • Marist Cricket Carnival Rules • Medical Information • Notre Dame College – North Side Campus Map • Map of Shepparton For more information about the 2019 Marist Cricket Carnival, please visit Notre Dame Colleges website http://www.notredame.vic.edu.au and follow the link to Marist Cricket. Updated scores throughout the days play will be available on MyCricket PRINCIPALS WELCOME It is with great pleasure Notre Dame College welcomes our visitors - St Gregory’s College Campbelltown, Marist College Bendigo and St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill– to Shepparton for the 47th Marist Cricket Carnival. Notre Dame College was established when the Marist College – St Colman’s - and the Mercy School – Sacred Heart College - amalgamated in 1984. The College has a population of over 1650 students and encompasses two campuses – Knight St Campus for Years 7-8 & 10-12 and the Emmaus Campus for our Year 9s and McCauley Champagne Program. Notre Dame College has a proud history of participation in the Marist Netball and Cricket Carnivals and the College is very excited to host the 2019 Cricket Carnival. 2019 has seen considerable change with the Marist Cricket Carnivals, most notably with players no longer billeted and the carnival being reduced to 6 days. But the spirit and sportsmanship it is played in and the Marist values it exemplifies remain unchanged and the carnival will continue to provide wonderful experiences and life long memories for all involved. Whilst the Marist Carnival celebrates the cricket skills of students, the highlight for me is that people from all over Australia come together to share the history of their Schools and take the opportunity to meet and establish friendships, both individually and with fellow Marist College’s. Congratulations to all of the players on the preparation and sacrifices they have made to compete at the Carnival. Thank you also to the staff who have assisted and supported the students along the way. Countless hours of organisation have been undertaken by many Notre Dame College staff in preparation for hosting the Carnival and I thank those staff for their outstanding work. I’m sure all students and staff will enjoy the hospitality that the City of Greater Shepparton has to offer and will enjoy the excellent playing facilities. John Cortese Principal THE MARIST TRADITION Beginnings Marcellin Champagnat was born in 1789 ad Le Rosey, a small French village south west of Lyons. A priest of the diocese visited the Champagnat family seeking young men likely to become priests. The idea appealed to Marcellin. He was ordained a priest in 1816. Marcellin was part of a group that wanted to start a new order in the church. The new order was called Marists. Whilst attending to a dying youth Marcellin realised that some young people knew nothing about the truths of faith. Seeing the need to provide Brothers who would instruct the neglected youngsters in rural areas he bought a house. Work, study and prayer were the daily round and it was from here that the first Marist schools emerged. Marist Schools in Australia Brother Michael Colombon was the first Marist Brother to come to Australia. He arrived in Sydney in 1837 and 35 years later, after numerous requests, the first community of Marist brothers were established at Harrington Street in the Rocks, the poorest part of Sydney. After they began their work in Sydney there were requests from other parts of Australia for Marist brothers to take charge of schools. Marist Brothers in Shepparton In the late 1940’s Br Placidus, the Provincial of the Marist Brothers, was approached and the Marists agreed to provide 2 brothers if the Parish supplied the College. A two- roomed portable arrived in February 1951 and in July 1951 St Colman’s was officially blessed and opened. The College opened with an enrolment of 107 boys in Grades 5 to 9. The first brothers - Br Bernard McGann and Br Macarius Joyce - were joined by Br Denis Wright the following week. St Colman’s quickly established a formidable reputation on the sporting fields of Shepparton. Br Egbert, Br Bernard McGann and Br Edmondus were instrumental in forming the local junior cricket, tennis and football associations. The Brothers also coached and participated in a number of local teams. The fledgling cricket competition allowed one or two men in each teams to assist the juniors’ development. Br Egbert captain-coached one of the cricket teams with remarkable success. He took great delight in later years letting it be known that they were very successful. MARIST CARNIVAL HISTORY The concept of Marist Schools across Australia meeting annually on the cricket field was born from an idea tossed around between Br Jordan Redden (Sacred Heart College, Somerton Park) and Tony Lantry (St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill) as they sampled some of the “spirit of the Institute” in Adelaide in 1973. A love of both the Marist traditions and the game of cricket, prompted the use of the second of these to further the ideals of the first. And so, from humble beginnings at Hunters Hill in 1974, where Sacred Heart College Adelaide, Assumption College Kilmore and Marcellin College Bulleen joined the host in a round robin of matches leading to a final, the carnival grew to maturity, attaining its twenty-first birthday in Adelaide in 1994. Along the way, St Patrick’s Sale replaced Kilmore in 1975, then Marist College Ashgrove, Marist College Canberra and Newman College Perth joined the others in Adelaide in 1976 and set the pattern for many years. The original concept was to expose our boys to the wider Marist community - to help them remove school or state blinkers and see there are schools, Brothers, lay staff and boys just like them, with the same ideals and background, and steeped in the same Marist spirit and tradition, in places right across the nation; to have our boys meet these of the Marist men on and off the cricket field; to provide an opportunity for boys, staff and families to make friends across the nation; to involve parents as workers and supporters; in short, to promulgate and strengthen the Marist message. Men like Brother Majellan, Brother Crispin, Brother Jordan, Brother Evan, Brother Charles, Tony Lantry and Frank Egan have laid the foundations and ensured we have a very worthwhile and lasting event. The change from boarding school accommodation at the first two carnivals to the billeting of players by local Marist families thereafter helped realise another of the original goals, visiting boys and hosting families forging life-long friendships. Unfortunately, in early 2019, Marist Schools Australia decided that billeting at the carnivals was to end. Following the 21st carnival in Adelaide, the Principals of the participating schools paid the carnival and its supporters the greatest compliment when they decided it was so worthwhile it should be offered to all Marist Schools in Australia and New Zealand. By the 1995 carnival, expressions of interest from 18 schools developed into firm commitments from 12; and from 1996, two carnivals were held in different states each January, catering for a progressive mix of the twelve schools until 2001. From 2002, an additional 4 schools joined the two carnivals. A committed 17 schools made up the draws from the 2009-2014 carnivals, with three venues each year catering for six schools at each Carnival. This allowed for the inclusion of an 18th school as an invitee. From 2015 we welcomed the inclusion of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Alice Springs, St Augustine’s College Cairns, and St Mary’s High School Casino on a permanent basis and in addition, Trinity College Beenleigh. This meant that a new format was developed involving three pools, two having seven teams and one pool of six teams. In 2017, two new schools joined the carnival, St Francis Xavier College Newcastle and Marist College Bendigo. With some withdrawals, the Carnivals now accommodates 20 schools with two pools of 6 teams and one pool of eight teams. In addition, the first steps in the possible establishment of a girl’s competition have been taken with schools being invited to express interest in such a competition. THE CARNIVAL DRAWS 50 Over Competition Mon 2nd Dec NDC vs St G MCB vs St J Round 1 - at Congupna at Central Park 10am start Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Luke Whyte Ty Cover Tues 3rd Dec NDC vs MCB St G vs ST J Round 2 – 10am at Congupna at Murchison start Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Ty Cover Luke Whyte Wed 4th Dec ST J vs NDC MCB vs St G Round 3 – 10am at Murchison at Central Park start Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Luke Whyte Ty Cover Fri 6th Dec 1st vs 2nd 3rd vs 4th Finals – at Vibert Reserve No.2 at Central Park 9-00am start Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Luke Whyte Ty Cover T/20 Competition Thurs 5th Dec NDC vs St G MCB vs St J Prelim – Game 1 Game 2 10-00am start at Mooroopna No.1 at Mooroopna No.2 Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Luke Whyte Ty Cover Thurs 5th Dec Winner Game 1 vs Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game Finals – Winner Game 2 2 1-30pm start at Mooroopna No.1 at Mooroopna No.2 Ground Manager – Ground Manager – Luke Whyte Ty Cover School Code Notre Dame College, Shepparton NDC Marist College Bendigo MCB St Joseph’s Hunter Hill St J St Gregory’s College, Cambelltown St G Some things to note are as follows: • A stand-alone T/20 competition will be held on the Thursday • Results from the T/20 games will not go towards the Stan McCabe / Ray Lindwall Shield nor will individual player performances go towards Carnival awards.